Tag: Bangladesh

The Rohingya are widely viewed in Myanmar as interlopers from Bangladesh, despite roots in the country stretching back centuries

Yunus, 82, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, has seen his reputation at home tarnished by a labor dispute with Hasina

Roughly two-thirds of Rohingya couples are now using some form of birth control -- up from virtually none five years ago

Around 10 million people were without power in districts along the coast on Tuesday

The government plans to evacuate about 2.5 million people from the most vulnerable areas in the path of the storm before the cyclone hits

Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar

Scientists say climate change has increased the severity and frequency of the floods, with more erratic rainfall causing more cyclones

Bangladesh has suffered a major power crisis as a result of higher global energy prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The small boat packed mostly with women and children on their way to a popular temple flipped over on Sunday in a river

Census results in July said those minorities amounted to 1.65 million people, one percent of the national total of 165 million